A place for me to discuss recent book acquisitions, my academic and other writing, my reading of fiction and poetry, and my enjoyment of popular culture. About the name: John Dee (1527-1609) kept a considerable library at his home in Mortlake, Surrey on the outskirts of London.

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Biblio-Mania!

A number of factors have come together to create a perfect storm of new book acquisitions here at Mortlake. Since I plan to begin celebrating my birthday as soon as I finish typing this post, here's a lightly annotated list:

From the 25c bin:Excalibur, #12, #13, and #15Wonder Woman: Legends of the DC Universe #4

Finally, a piece of very good comics-related news (that I discovered yesterday when Marvel Comics released their March solicitations). A hardcover, oversized Alias Omnibus of 700+ pages will be published. In my opinion Alias is Bendis' best work, and Jessica Jones is a wonderful character. This title was rumored to be in the offing for some time, and seeing it solicited was a nice birthday present from Marvel.